Obituary of Estelle Cassandra Jones Reed

Estelle Cassandra Jones Reed, 79, departed this life on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at the Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, October 5, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Julius Jones, Sr. and Annie Newman Jones. Estelle met and married the love of her life, Roger Reed, Sr. on October 17, 1958. She graduated from Edmunds High School in 1954. She was a member of Graham Baptist Church and a member of the Dora Brogdon Sunday School class and the Frances Smith Circle for many years. She worked for Dr. C. B. Cooper for several years and then stayed at home to be a homemaker and take loving care of her family that she loved so much. Surviving are her husband of 56 years Roger Reed, Sr.; her children, Stephanie Evans, Roger Reed, Jr. (Gena), Kim Davis (Gus) and John Reed (Mandy) all of Sumter; a sister, Annie Jones Grant of Florence, SC; her mother-in-law, Marian Sanders; a brother-in-law, Artie Reed; nine grandchildren, Donny Evans, Josh Reed (Leann), Cassie Reed, Reed Davis, Gus Davis, Sammie Davis, Hunter Reed, Brooke Reed, and Carson Wellman; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by several sisters and brothers, Julius Jones, Jr., Sammie Jones, Bessie Jones Grissett, Esther Jones Trimnal, Cary Jones Russell and Lilla Jones Allen. Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. Saturday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Rev. John Patrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Friday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Graham Baptist Church Building Fund, 4000 Highway 521 South, Sumter, SC 29153. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.